No need for guides. Its push pull. Works like a charm. My knife edges are so much more crisp than Gravity Cheats.

That's true! Brads kinfe edges are very crispy crisp. But for some reason, His Sbach, will only knife edge at high altiutdes, where as mine is able to do them on the deck. Must be something in the foam maybe he can work on that next time we are out.

That's true! Brads kinfe edges are very crispy crisp. But for some reason, His Sbach, will only knife edge at high altiutdes, where as mine is able to do them on the deck. Must be something in the foam maybe he can work on that next time we are out.

Yeah. Only difference is I don't have to walk 100 feet to pick mine up.

Good question. I think the Yak is slower, even on the same motor, but the Yak is smaller, and makes a really nice throw around, do it all flyer. It is 'easier' to fly in the sense of being smaller. So it has a pretty 'safe' feel to it, and you can just chuck it in the car, chuck it up, and get flying.

Now the Sbach, once you put that in the air, it gets high fast, and the moves are just that much smoother, being larger, and the design just makes it a joy to fly tight moves, then drop it down for some rollers then up again and into a vertical, then KE spins, blenders, all just come with ease and look so good. You can pull out of these moves at the last minute and not even think about it. It is well designed for sure. Just make sure your rudder cable is nice a taught before each flying session, to ensure you have precise rudder.

I'd miss the Yak if I didn't have it, but I'd also miss the sbach, but if I was to choose, I'd probably pick the Sbach, purely due to it's impressive size and showmanship in front of an audience!! That is why I am after the Telink 48" as I think it will compliment the Sbach perfectly in this regard.

The yak is something you can fly forever, and never get sick of and you would use to train up to larger models, and use to fly a few packs before taking up the sbach. For me, the route was Telink 38"-44", at least a year of these, then upto the 48"ers. I think if I didn't have the Telinks to train on (and, in my case, Leadfeather yaks - as the CY didn't exist then) then flying the Sbach may have proved more challenging

I also will add the inverted/harrier flight characteristics of the plane are qutie astounding in my opinion.

I would say uptime4downtime has it about right, the Telink Yak is a model that you always want to have handy.
I find the undercarriage a bit low on the SBach and it spreads too much on landing, wheres the Telink undercarriages are a lot more durable.

[QUOTE=Mike Smart;23912698]I would say uptime4downtime has it about right, the Telink Yak is a model that you always want to have handy.
I find the undercarriage a bit low on the SBach and it spreads too much on landing, wheres the Telink undercarriages are a lot more durable.

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By Under carriage I assume you mean the landing gear. We have a modification we do to our landing gears which keeps them from spreading. We install a piece of line ( I use braided fishing line but any line that won’t stretch to much, would work) and install it from axel nut to axel nut. You could also drill a hole in the gear a little higher up on the gear. This would work better for taxing on grass runways. This mod keeps the gear from spreading on landing, especially those hard landings (which I seem to like to do). This mod has saved a lot of props.

I would say uptime4downtime has it about right, the Telink Yak is a model that you always want to have handy.
I find the undercarriage a bit low on the SBach and it spreads too much on landing, wheres the Telink undercarriages are a lot more durable.

Mike[/QUOTE

By Under carriage I assume you mean the landing gear. We have a modification we do to our landing gears which keeps them from spreading. We install a piece of line ( I use braided fishing line but any line that wont stretch to much, would work) and install it from axel nut to axel nut. You could also drill a hole in the gear a little higher up on the gear. This would work better for taxing on grass runways. This mod keeps the gear from spreading on landing, especially those hard landings (which I seem to like to do). This mod has saved a lot of props.Attachment 5475192